Colin McEvoy

Now a free man, Adnan Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999. His case gained popularity when featured on the podcast Serial.

Grammy-winning singer Bad Bunny made the first all-Spanish record to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Four Black students sat at a “whites only” lunch counter in 1960 and sparked the sit-in movement.

Labor activists Peter McGuire and Matthew Maguire have both been described as the “father of Labor Day.”

Retired actor Bruce Willis first made a splash on TV in Moonlighting before becoming a movie star via hits like Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, and The Sixth Sense.

Lyle Menendez and his younger brother, Erik, are serving 50 years to life in prison for murdering their parents in 1989.

Erik Menendez and his older brother, Lyle, are serving 50 years to life in prison for the 1989 murder of their parents.

Elvis got his famous last name from his great-grandmother Rosella Presley who never married and gave all her children her own surname.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only person the Japanese government recognized as having been directly affected by the attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Joe Biden’s son, who pleaded guilty to federal tax charges in 2024, is part of a long line of controversial first kids.

Despite the accomplishments of these men, most of the decisions to honor them were controversial.

Some Charles Manson followers have been released, and Patricia Krenwinkel could be next.

Fifty years ago, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs faced off in a tennis match that proved women were capable professional athletes.

The Pee-wee Herman actor’s career appeared over following his 1991 arrest, but his appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards led to his comeback.

Lizzo is a Grammy-winning singer, rapper, and classically trained flutist whose music talks about race, sexuality, and body confidence.

Dolly Parton is a Grammy-winning musical icon whose powerful voice and songwriting skills have established her as a presence on the country and pop music charts for seven decades.

Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes are among the eight Black quarterbacks who have started in a Super Bowl. Only four have won the big game.

A talented singer, comedian, and Academy Award–winning actor, Jamie Foxx is a triple threat in the entertainment industry.

Emmy Award–winning actor Jeremy Allen White is known for his roles in the TV shows The Bear and Shameless.

Jimmy Carter loved music and cultivated friendships with many musicians, including Bob Dylan to Willie Nelson.

The little-known former Georgia governor tied for 12^th in early polling, but he had the right plan to win the 1976 Democratic primary.

Lawyer and investment banker Hunter Biden is the son of President Joe Biden and his late first wife, Neilia.

Steve Binder, the man who directed Elvis’ now-legendary ’68 Comeback Special, often had to push back against the star’s infamous manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Amid the popularity of the Netflix show Monsters and recently discovered evidence, the Los Angeles County DA says the convicted killers should receive life sentences with the possibility of parole.

Lily Gladstone is an Academy Award-nominated actor who is known for her roles in Killers of the Flower Moon and Certain Women.

Singer Janelle Monáe became an R&B sensation with the release of her futuristic albums The ArchAndroid and The Electric Lady.

Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth holiday.

After her nearly nine-month detention in Russia, the WNBA superstar and activist is back on the basketball court and has a new memoir out.

Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Eig sets the record straight about Martin Luther King Jr.’s oft-referenced criticism about fellow civil rights icon Malcolm X.

Jamie Lee Curtis is an actor whose career has spanned from her debut in Halloween to her Oscar win for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Considered one of his generation’s greatest actors, Robert De Niro has won two Academy Awards and is known for his performances in Taxi Driver, The Godfather Part II, Raging Bull, and Cape Fear.

Director Martin Scorsese has produced some of the most memorable and celebrated movies in cinema history, including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas.